Evaluation Question Seven

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

In our preliminary task it was a continuity task which involved filming and editing. It included match on action when abbie walked through the door, a shot reverse shot when Abbie and Ellie were having a conversation and finally the 180 degree rule. By doing this task it helped us understand each one of these shots and help us get use to the camera and tripod. We felt like they looked effective which is why we used the match on action shot in our thriller, when the thriller is walking through the gate. We felt like we achieved this successfully due to use doing this shot in our preliminary task. It made us improve our editing skills because of the precision you need. We also used the 180 degree rule on the pool scene so it didn't look unrealistic. Overall, we both felt like we learnt a lot in the progression as it helped us achieve successful shots the first time filming. However, we did re-film the match on action shot to make sure we had the right angle, so the killer could walk past the camera when it was on the tripod. It also helped up with the precision when editing and also made us have steadier camera work with a variety of different shots and angles which made our final cut look effective. 

Evaluation Question Six

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Evaluation Question Five

How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaluation Question Four

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation Question Three

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation Question Two

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Evaluation Question One

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Shot List of Final Cut

Fade in
Shot 1- long shot
Shot 2- dutch tilt shot
Shot 3- long shot
Shot 4- long shot
Shot 5- mid shot
Shot 6-extreme long shot
Shot 7- extreme long shot (Zoom in)
Fade out to in
Shot 8-mid shot
Shot 9- mid shot
Fade out to in
Shot 10- close up to extreme close up (credit) 
Shot 11- mid shot
Shot 12- close up
Shot 13- extreme close up
Shot 14- close up
Fade out to in
Shot 15- close up to extreme close up (credit)
Fade out to in
Shot 16, 17, 18- match on action
Shot 19- close up (low angle)
Shot 20- close up (high angle)
Shot 21- long shot to extreme long shot (Zoom out)
Shot 22- close up
Shot 23- extreme close up
Fade out to in
Shot 24, 25, 26- mid shot
Shot 27- over the shoulder
Shot 28- over the shoulder shot
Shot 29- close up shot
Shot 30- close up shot
Fade out to in
Shot 31- mid shot
Shot 32- mid/ close shot
fade out to in
Shot 33- close up to extreme close up (credit)
Fade out to in
Shot 34- close up (Zoom in)
Fade out to in
Shot 35- close up (Zoom out)
Fade out to in
Shot 36- close up to extreme close up (credit)
Fade out to in
Shot 37- long shot
Shot 38- point of view shot
Shot 39- extreme long shot/ point of view
Fade out to in

Final Cut of 'The Last Chapter'

This is our final cut of our opening thriller 'The Last Chapter'. We took the advise which we were given from our rough cut and have made some changes towards it, which we think has improved it.

We hope you enjoy it.

Discarded Loctions/Scenes

At first as shown in our animatic, we had a scene in the school library and also in the photocopier room. We ended up getting rid of both of these scenes and locations. Firstly, we took out the school library location as we felt like we didn't need it to be here. We felt like it would be too public for the serial killer. It would be unrealistic as the serial killer would not plan his murders in a public place when anyone could over look him and see what he was doing. We thought it would make people suspicious and would look unrealistic. However, we still wanted to see the serial killer planning the murders but we felt like Gabby's front room where we did film it in that location in the end was more promising, as it had a plain cream wall, with a large wooden table in the middle. We felt like this location was a lot more suitable compared to the library as it was private, the serial killer could do what he wanted without anyone knowing what he was planning. In the end we felt like this location was very effective because of the low lighting and gritty effect which we accomplished, in comparison to the bright, open, public library which would be hard to look effective.

We also took out the photocopier scene. We did film this and was going to put it into our opening thriller. However, when we did put it in to the draft it was far too long, and needed cutting down by at least 30 seconds, and the only way we could do it without making the narrative look unclear was to take out this scene. We felt like the narrative was clear enough without seeing the serial killer photocopying information due to the front room scene where he is searching through books for information and planning on how to kill the victims.